The State of South African Political Life
Achille Mbembe argues that “decolonization” is in truth a psychic state more than a political project in the strict sense of the term.
Politics
At the Heart of the West Indies Parade
In New York City, Labor Day is associated with the West Indies Carnival. This enormous parade
One Hundred Academics for Ayahuasca Dignity in Colombia
Yagé, or ayahuasca, is the name of a plant and also of a beverage made from
The lions and the hunters
Lions and black people are not the same or even straightforwardly comparable. But it is true that something wants them both dead.
The politics of homophobia in Kenya
Why US President Barack Obama blundered by speaking out on LGBTQ rights in Kenya.
#Free15Angolans: An update
You’d never know it from reading the US media, but 15 political prisoners in Angola are still in jail.
Between prison and deportation
Sudanese asylum-seeker to Israel's president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”
Kenyan gays want their rights
The denial of a gay Kenyan existence is an affront to the Kenyan LGBTQ community, their talents, hopes and aspirations
Some refugees more equal than others
Many European governments favor “culturally close[r]” refugees and asylum-seekers: preferably white, educated Christians.
Mandela Day: 400 women, 800+ care packs for rape survivors, one vision of South Africa
Since 2010, July 18 has been `celebrated’ as Mandela Day. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela aka Madiba was
Women and the revolution in Burkina Faso
The “Sankara Generation,” the young people taking on Burkina Faso's dictator, wants radical change. Does it include a better future for the country's women?
Sandra Bland and The Beatles
Bland, who died in police custody after a traffic stop in Texas, embodied a rare charismatic self-possession that disrupts social orders.
Israel’s “blackwashing”
Israel's promotion of itself as a technologically-advanced "white savior" on an aid mission to poor black nations, is a marketing ploy to cover the occupation.
Mandela Day: Where is our imagination?
We’ve just passed that time of year when the Charitable Industrial Complex puts on its Sunday best
The ‘Brazil of Africa’
That's not a compliment. It is about how development institutions are financing land grabs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Obama Sevens
A complete run-down of all the craziness going down in Kenya ahead of Barack Obama’s visit.
The lesson of Marikana
The relationship between the massacre of workers at Marikana and the rational destiny of market fundamentalism.
El Chapo’s New Escape
El Chapo is already a cartoon that has too much literature. Just like the Mexican government has too much corruption.
In Morocco, a judge agrees: #mettre_une_robe_ nest_pas_un_crime
Yesterday, in Inezgane, south of Agadir, on the southern part of Morocco’s Atlantic Ocean coast, a
Five things that can’t be ignored about development photography
Here's two: Cultivate solidarity, not pity. And, showing suffering should be specific. Study up.